Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, January 09, 2020
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Ovarian Cancer Litigation Overview
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer MDL Update
• Including Status of Daubert Discovery
• How to File and Maintain a Case in the MDL
Co-Chair Leigh O'Dell, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
Christopher V. Tisi, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
The FDA’s Asbestos Finding and J&J’s Response
Mark Linder, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
Co-Chair Leigh O'Dell, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Christopher V. Tisi, Levin Papantonio, Pensacola, FL
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Recent Congressional Activity
Co-Chair Leigh O'Dell, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Reuters Investigative Reporting
Danielle Ward Mason, Sanders Phillips Grossman, LLC, Garden City, NY
Daniel R. Lapinski, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ
Rudie R. Soileau Jr., Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South LLP, Lake Charles, LA
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Science Update
David Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
John M. Restaino, Dalimonte Rueb, Carlsbad, CA
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Imerys Talc America Inc. Bankruptcy
Natalie D. Ramsey, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE
Mark A. Fink, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York
Michael R. Enright, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT
James F. Green, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Mesothelioma Claims Associated with Talcum Powder
Mark Linder, The Lanier Law Firm, Houston
David Katzenstein, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Newark, NJ
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
State Court Updates
Pennsylvania
Nancy J. Winkler, Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., Philadelphia
Georgia
Co-Chair Ted G. Meadows, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Missouri
W. Wylie Blair, OnderLaw, LLC, St. Louis
Florida
David Dearing, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL
Illinois
Danielle Ward Mason, Sanders Phillips Grossman, LLC, Garden City, NY
John J. Driscoll, The Driscoll Firm, P.C., St. Louis
California
Michelle A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP, Washington, DC
New Jersey
Daniel R. Lapinski, Motley Rice LLC, Cherry Hill, NJ